Restoring Engine W192 at the Addington Railway Workshops

15 November 1979

Restoring Engine W192 at the Addington Railway Workshops

15 November 1979

Ian Fisher, a coachbuilder at the Addington Railway Workshops, working on the restoration of Engine W192, the first steam locomotive built at the workshops. W192 has undergone more than three months of voluntary restoration work by workshop staff and will carry passengers from Christchurch Railway Station to the Workshops during celebrations of the workshops centenary.

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Area: South West / Addington

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